Deacon

//ˈdiːkən//

Synonyms for "deacon" (61 found)

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Closest matches (13)

deaconess aaronic priesthood acolyte acolytus adulterate almoner anagnost apostle atlas beadle bedral bible clerk bible reader

Strong matches (18)

bishop capitular capitulary choir chaplain churchwarden clergyman clerk diaconus doorkeeper elder elderman exorcist exorcista high priest holy orders lay elder lay reader lector

Related words (30)

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

5 entries

Holy Order Order church officer cleric reverend

More specific

2 entries

permanent deacon transitional deacon

Related terms

2 entries

diaconal diaconate

capable of

1 entries

pass plate

coordinate

3 entries

abbé canon deaconess

derived

16 entries

Deacon process archdeacon deacon-seat deaconal deaconate deaconess deaconhood deaconise deaconize deaconly deaconry deaconship hierodeacon protodeacon subdeacon underdeacon

form of

1 entries

deaconess

has context

11 entries

animal husbandry christianity church history freemasonry mormonism music orthodoxy and roman catholicism protestantism scotland slang us

is a

5 entries

church officer clergyman holy order priest weapon

related to

20 entries

calf chairman choir clergyman company dairy deaconess diaconal diaconate fruit hymn incorporate kill lay lodge minister

Showing 16 of 20 words.

similar

1 entries

deaconess

Translations

114 translations across 51 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

diaken noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

διάκονος noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)

Arabic

1 entries

شَمَّاس noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Armenian

1 entries

սարկավագ noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Belarusian

1 entries

дыя́кан noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)

Bulgarian

2 entries

дя́кон noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
дя́кон noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Catalan

3 entries

diaca noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
diaca noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
diaca noun (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᏯᏙᎯᎯ noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

執事 /执事 noun (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

助祭 noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
執事 /执事 noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
執事 /执事 noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
執事 /执事 noun (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)

Czech

2 entries

diákon noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
jáhen noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Danish

2 entries

diakon noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
diakon noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Dutch

3 entries

diaken noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
diaken noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
diaken noun (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)

Esperanto

2 entries

diakono noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
diakono noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Finnish

3 entries

diakoni noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
diakoni noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
diakoni noun (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)

French

4 entries

diaconesse noun (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)
diacre noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
diacre noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
diacre noun (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)

German

4 entries

Diakon noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
Diakon noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
Diakon noun (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)
Diakonin noun (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌳𐌹𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌿𐍃 noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)

Greek

1 entries

διάκονος noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)

Hungarian

1 entries

diakónus noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)

Icelandic

1 entries

djákni noun (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)

Indonesian

4 entries

diaken noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
diaken noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
diaken noun (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)
diakon noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)

Irish

1 entries

deagánach noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Italian

3 entries

diacono noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
diacono noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
diacono noun (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)

Japanese

4 entries

助祭 noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
執事 noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
執事 noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
執事 noun (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)

Korean

4 entries

보제 noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
보제 noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
부제 noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
부제 noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Latin

2 entries

diāconus noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
diāconus noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Macedonian

2 entries

ѓа́кон noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
ѓа́кон noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Maltese

4 entries

djaknu noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
djaknu noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
djakunu noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
djakunu noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Māori

3 entries

rīkona noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
rīkona noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
rīkona noun (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)

Norman

3 entries

diacre noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
diacre noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
diacre noun (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

diakon noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
diakon noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

diakon noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
diakon noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Old Armenian

2 entries

սարկաւագ noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
սարկաւագ noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Old Slovak

1 entries

jáhen noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Persian

1 entries

شماس noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Eltesta noun (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)

Polish

1 entries

diakon noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)

Portuguese

3 entries

diácono noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
diácono noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
diácono noun (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)

Romanian

3 entries

diacon noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
diacon noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
diacon noun (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)

Russian

4 entries

диа́кон noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
диа́кон noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
дья́кон noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
дья́кон noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Sicilian

1 entries

jàcunu noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)

Slovak

1 entries

diakon noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Spanish

2 entries

diácono noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
diácono noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Swahili

2 entries

dikoni noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
shemasi noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Swedish

2 entries

diakon noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
diakon noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Tagalog

1 entries

diyakono noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Thai

1 entries

สังฆานุกร noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Turkish

1 entries

diyakoz noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)

Ukrainian

2 entries

дия́кон noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
дяк noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Vietnamese

4 entries

chấp sự noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
chấp sự noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
phó tế noun (designated minister of charity in the early Church)
phó tế noun (clergyman ranked directly below a priest)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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Tom is a deacon in his church.

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Sami wanted to become a deacon.

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The bishop drinks, and the deacon, the sister drinks, the brother drinks, the old woman drinks, the mother drinks, this one drinks, that one drinks, a hundred drink, a thousand drink.

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Tom is a deacon.

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Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.

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